Jodie Curry, commercial manager at Fortress Technology Europe, discusses the steps that food processors can take to help prevent the circulation of unsafe food during the cost-of-living crisis and beyond.
Children with allergies are excluded from 95% of birthday cake options in UK supermarkets, according to research by food intolerance specialist YorkTest.
Food Manufacture recently aired a webinar that explored how food manufacturers could reduce costs without negatively influencing food integrity. Here are the highlights from our expert guest speakers.
This month Alison Johnson explores the advantages and limitations of different speciation testing which is used to ensure food safety and authenticity to help you choose the right technique.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced plans to work closer with industry to tackle criminal activity in the wake of a series of food fraud incidents across the UK.
At this year’s IFST spring conference, the discussion centred on ‘taming the perfect storm’ of food security, health and nutrition, and the environment – but where do we even begin in the face of such a ferocious gale? Bethan Grylls covers the highlights...
Bethan Grylls interviews The Felix Project and FareShare to find out more about how they redistribute food, the food safety measures in place, and why they’re in dire need of help from manufacturers.
A prolific global study that claimed that eating even small amounts of red meat harms health is ‘fatally flawed’, according to peer-reviewed scientific journal Animal Frontiers.
Katrina Anderson, associate director and Sian Edmonds, senior associate at Osborne Clarke, discuss five stages to navigate when developing and commercialising a new alternative protein product.
Blockchain-powered track and trace operations could hold the key to tackling fraud in the food and drink supply chain, according to auditing and supply chain specialist Unisot.
Following the news of recent food fraud incidents, such as the event which recently impacted retailer Booths, Alison Johnson, managing director at Food Forensics outlines three ways of preventing food fraud occurring in your supply chain.
An investigation has been launched into industrial-scale country of origin fraud in the pork supply chain, with claims of rotten meat being supplied to care homes and hospitals.
A new method of detecting spoiled food that does not require skilled personnel or complicated analytical equipment has been developed by researchers at Pusan National University, South Korea.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a review into its new advice for how and when to apply precautionary allergen labelling (PAL), commonly seen as ‘may contain’ warnings on food packaging.
Bethan Grylls summarises the key takeaways from our series of fireside chats presented earlier this week, sponsored by RSSL, as five food and drink leaders lend their expertise on maintaining and working towards a more secure, safer food and drink system....
In the final episode of this seven-part series brought to you by Food Manufacture and sponsored by RSSL, our editor Bethan Grylls, meets with Timothy Lang of City University, emeritus professor of food policy.
The FSA’s improvements to its withdrawals and recalls system has improved understanding for food businesses and enforcement officers, but further steps need to be taken to boost consumers’ awareness of recall processes, according to a review by RSM UK...
Coeliacs in the UK face a cost of health crisis, as the rapid increase to the cost of living threatens to price them out of gluten-free diets, according to Coeliac UK.
A new campaign to help protect farms from lead poisoning and prevent it from entering the food chain has been launched by Food Standards Scotland (FSS).
The UK is ahead of the curve when it comes to genetically modified organisms (GMOs), heralding untapped potential to address global food security and biodiversity issues, according to Quadram Institute’s chief scientific officer.
Bethan Grylls hears from a variety of thought-leaders working in food and drink, as they detail the intricacies of food insecurity and how business leaders can start to weave robust supply chain plans into their future.
The supply chain is complex and ever-changing, which means dangers lurk within. Oliver Chapman, CEO of supply chain specialists OCI, outlines ways to spot red flags in the supply chain.
The usual foe of Salmonella spp. in chocolate reared its head again in 2022, causing two notable outbreaks. So what lessons can we take from this to ensure safer food in the future?
The implementation of the Government’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) led to an 8% reduction in obesity among 10-11 year old girls, according to a new study.
The annual, intimate Business Leaders Forum gave way to a frank and honest discussion, as leaders from the across the UK came together to highlight the many challenges food and drink manufacturers now face, the mistakes made, and what we must do now.
Pieces of metal, undeclared milk and lead contamination all saw food and drink products pulled from store shelves in the past two weeks, captured here in this round-up of recent recalls.
Silvery Tweed Cereals, Q Catering and Fabcon Food Systems all made senior appointments this past month, featured in this round-up of people on the move in the food and drink industry.
Allergens continue to be the main cause of food and drink recalls in the UK, with products containing milk the most frequent pulled from store shelves, according to a new report published in the scientific journal Food Control.
With the last several years including a series of unprecedented events and challenges, Food Manufacture seeks the expertise of several food and drink leaders to find out what’s on the cards for 2023.
As we enter the new year, Food Manufacture examines three key ingredients challenges and opportunities for the food and drink sector, from rising costs and purchasing habits, to the food safety risks of climate change, and the potential of precision fermentation....
As a food or drink manufacturer, cleaning your equipment is an essential part of the production process – it’s a no-brainer really. But every second spent shutting down a line to clean it, is a second of downtime that most businesses can ill afford.
Urgent action needs to be taken to support Christmas turkey producers that have been ‘losing the war’ against Avian Influenza (AI), according to Kelly Turkeys managing director Paul Kelly.
A Wiltshire-based meat trader has been fined more than £150k and given a custodial sentence after pleading guilty for placing unfit meat on the market and other associated hygiene offences.
Calls to end ‘fundamentally unfair’ compensation rules for producers affected by the UK’s longest and largest outbreak of bird flu have been made by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee.
